You light the skies up above me

A star so bright you blind me, yeah, yeah

Don't close your eyes

Don't fade away, don't fade away, oh

Yeah, you and me we can ride on a star

If you stay with me, girl, we can rule the world

Yeah, you and me we can light up the sky

If you stay by my side, we can rule the world

Peach, I'm sorry it has come to this, but you left me no choice. If you don't agree to meet me, alone, I will release the video from which I took these pictures.

I don't think that a video of this nature, featuring a high executive of the respected Pemberley Digital will go unnoticed. And I doubt you want to endanger the company's reputation or your dearest employer's. You know how the Internet works. It's forever.

I'll be waiting for you at our home. Don't be late.

As Lizzie read these lines, she covered her mouth. She was going to be sick.

"Lizzie, what's the matter?," William said, seeing her reaction.

"Oh my God…"

"Lizzie, tell me what's happening," he said and was about to look at her screen when she shut the screen of her laptop down. There was no way she could let him see those images.

"Elizabeth, talk to me, please."

"I ca… can't."

"Lizzie…." William said and took her hand.

"I can't believe he would do that…," she uttered.

"Wickham? What did he do?!," he exclaimed.

Lizzie was breathing hard, trying to control her anger.

"I have to go," she suddenly said.

"No, you cannot go like this! Tell me what happened."

"It's too… awful," she made a movement to stand up but William did not lose his grip on her hand.

"Lizzie, you know you can trust me. Tell me what he did."

Lizzie sighed. She was afraid of what he was going to think of her.

"He has… a… video… of the… two of us… together."

William held his breath.

"And he's threating to… release it if… if I don't agree to see him."

William hit the table hard with his fist. He could not believe that Wickham had gone that far.

"I did not consent to any video…," she said, as if apologizing.

"What does he want?," William growled.

"He did not say," Lizzie sighed, "I have to see him…"

"No, Lizzie, you cannot go to him."

"I don't have an option, I need to find out exactly what he wants."

"He wants revenge," William said.

"Still, I have to stop him…" Lizzie replied.

"Let me help you."

"No, I don't want you or Pemberley involved in this mess. It's my fault after all that he is in your life again," Lizzie firmly said.

"This is not your fault. Don't you ever say that again."

"But it is. I should have listened to you; I should have believed you when you wrote that letter. I can't believe I've been so stupid and naïve."

"Lizzie, I know you're strong and independent woman, but I can help you with this. I know him," William pledged.

"I will figure that what he wants and I will tell you, but I have to go alone," Lizzie conceded. She did not want him or the company get caught in the storm because of her. She finally stood up and gathered her things.

"Sorry, William," she said and left.

William could not stop thinking about George's threat.

What could George possibly want out of her? Money? Maybe, but William knew that was not going to be enough this time. George wanted to make Lizzie pay for her disdain and, along the way, get back at him. He could hurt her.

"Stupid, stupid, how you could let her go?!," he said to himself and ran to catch Lizzie, but she had already taken the elevator down.

He got on the other one and pushed the parking lot's button frantically. When he reached that floor, he called out her name but no one responded. She was gone.

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